Impaired urge-to-cough in elderly patients with aspiration pneumonia
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Impaired urge-to-cough in elderly patients with aspiration pneumonia
BACKGROUND The down-regulation of the cough reflex in patients with aspiration pneumonia can involve both cortical facilitatory pathways for cough and medullary reflex pathways. In order to study the possible involvement of the supramedullary system in the down-regulation of cough reflex, we evaluated the urge-to-cough in patients with aspiration pneumonia. METHODS Cough reflex sensitivity an...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cough
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1745-9974
DOI: 10.1186/1745-9974-4-11